Hello,
So i finally decided to put pictures from work on my XS 400. I bought bike in may, however i'm living and working in different city than my garage and bike is, so i'm able to work on it almost only in weekends.
So the bike arrived. I putted pictures of it in different threats asking what kind of XS that is It came out that is 1980 XS with tank from other bike.
I cannot resist showing off with my other beauty
It is time for dismantling!
After all day of work it became clear that frame is broken and need to be fixed or replaced. I managed to find frame from 77XS, with tank in reasonable price, so i decided to buy it...
In the meantime i decided to dismantle the engine. It wasn't so hard however i didn't manage to avoid mistakes... Big Ones...
After dissemble whole engine and carburetors was sand and glass blasted and later some covers was powder painted.
That was really time consuming...
And that even more...
But i think the final result is quite ok.
Cleaning engine parts and carburetors from glass powder was pain in the ass. With some patience all parts were cleared and it was time for reassembly.
I ordered new timing chain, seals, clutch plates and everything needed for complete renovation. Only think i didn't found was half-bearings for crank shaft. I'm a bit worried because old ones wasn't in top condition.. I hope they will be ok...
The biggest problem for now are pistons and cylinders liners. I bought some additional used pistons and cylinders but they aren't in great shape... I'm trying to figure out what to do... Probably i will have to buy new 55.25 pistons with new rings. However they aren't available in Europe and i will have to find and buy them in U.S.
New package arrived!
And another one!
And another
I decided to try to use rear set from... 50cc Peugot "sport bike". They weren't pricey so i bought it and for now it seems that was good choice.
Measuring for rear-sets mountings
Leaving engine partly assembled and waiting for good offer of new piston at ebay.com i started modifying new frame.
With A LOT of help from my dad, we managed to cut every spare element of new frame. Next step was to weld new rounded and a bit bent end.
With frame almost ready it was time to start messing with modeling form for new seat-end ( i really don't know how to call it ).
Firstly i made picture on my computer and scale it to fit my vision of proportion between tank seat and rear part.
Then i printed it and cut it in carton.
Time for some artistic hand work
And.. that's it for now
I'm still looking for pistons to complete engine reassembly, and waiting for some parts being shipped back from chrome plating.
Anyone try to dismantle speedometer without any damage? I think it's glued and it's better to ask you guys first than use the force
Cheers, Hope you enjoy my photo story
So i finally decided to put pictures from work on my XS 400. I bought bike in may, however i'm living and working in different city than my garage and bike is, so i'm able to work on it almost only in weekends.
So the bike arrived. I putted pictures of it in different threats asking what kind of XS that is It came out that is 1980 XS with tank from other bike.
I cannot resist showing off with my other beauty
It is time for dismantling!
After all day of work it became clear that frame is broken and need to be fixed or replaced. I managed to find frame from 77XS, with tank in reasonable price, so i decided to buy it...
In the meantime i decided to dismantle the engine. It wasn't so hard however i didn't manage to avoid mistakes... Big Ones...
After dissemble whole engine and carburetors was sand and glass blasted and later some covers was powder painted.
That was really time consuming...
And that even more...
But i think the final result is quite ok.
Cleaning engine parts and carburetors from glass powder was pain in the ass. With some patience all parts were cleared and it was time for reassembly.
I ordered new timing chain, seals, clutch plates and everything needed for complete renovation. Only think i didn't found was half-bearings for crank shaft. I'm a bit worried because old ones wasn't in top condition.. I hope they will be ok...
The biggest problem for now are pistons and cylinders liners. I bought some additional used pistons and cylinders but they aren't in great shape... I'm trying to figure out what to do... Probably i will have to buy new 55.25 pistons with new rings. However they aren't available in Europe and i will have to find and buy them in U.S.
New package arrived!
And another one!
And another
I decided to try to use rear set from... 50cc Peugot "sport bike". They weren't pricey so i bought it and for now it seems that was good choice.
Measuring for rear-sets mountings
Leaving engine partly assembled and waiting for good offer of new piston at ebay.com i started modifying new frame.
With A LOT of help from my dad, we managed to cut every spare element of new frame. Next step was to weld new rounded and a bit bent end.
With frame almost ready it was time to start messing with modeling form for new seat-end ( i really don't know how to call it ).
Firstly i made picture on my computer and scale it to fit my vision of proportion between tank seat and rear part.
Then i printed it and cut it in carton.
Time for some artistic hand work
And.. that's it for now
I'm still looking for pistons to complete engine reassembly, and waiting for some parts being shipped back from chrome plating.
Anyone try to dismantle speedometer without any damage? I think it's glued and it's better to ask you guys first than use the force
Cheers, Hope you enjoy my photo story